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“It Was Like Someone Was Stealing Money from the Cookie Jar and They Kept Refilling It”
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“It Was Like Someone Was Stealing Money from the Cookie Jar and They Kept Refilling It”
Pardoning Hernández—Where’s the Logic?
Trump’s Venezuela Gambit: An Incoherent Encore in a Failed Drug War
New Data Prove DHS Lied About Cato Report on ICE
Peak Human by Cato’s Johan Norberg Ranked Among “Best Books of 2025” by The Economist
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Michael F. Cannon The “fraud scandal that rattled Minnesota,” reports the New York Times, “was staggering in its scale and brazenness.” Dozens of Minnesotans...
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Walter Olson President Donald Trump continues to use his pardon powers in remarkable ways. Now he has pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández,...
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Jeffrey A. Singer With Secretary of War Pete Hegseth embroiled in controversy over the extrajudicial killings of alleged drug smugglers operating a small, short-range...
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A non-exhaustive review of government spending over the last quarter century.
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David J. Bier Last week, I published data leaked from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) showing that 73 percent of individuals booked into...
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Michael Chapman Among its best books of 2025, The Economist selected Peak Human, What We Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of Golden...
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Romina Boccia Ending the government shutdown restored benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), but it also highlighted a broader issue in welfare...
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A few hours studying the lessons of history can prevent heaps of grave-digging in the coming years. None of the veterans we celebrate on...
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Total mortgage debt will increase as actual ownership in equity will go down. If homeownership does increase, it will be “ownership” of the sort...
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Based on their writings, what insights do Hayek and Mises provide about the recent election of Mamdani?
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Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman The ongoing government shutdown—now the longest in US history—has brought renewed attention to Washington’s biggest non-healthcare welfare program: the...